Palestinian Public Opinion Polls:
Views on Government Infrastructure and Political System

(2008)

Who in your opinion from among Palestinians is responsible for the on-going internal Palestinian division and failure of national reconciliation efforts? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)

September 18-20, 2008

December 11, 2008

Fateh movement

14.6%

20%

Hamas movement

22.6%

23%

Some persons from both movements

52.0%

46%

Other

4.2%

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No opinion/I do not know

6.6%

11%

If reconciliation between Fateh and Hamas succeeds and early legislative and presidential elections were to take place in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, what do you believe would be the main issue occupying people's minds and affecting their votes?(Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, December 11, 2008)

Ending the boycott and blockade and the improvement of living conditions

39%

Consolidation of the unification of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the realization of national unity

29%

Fighting corruption

12%

Continuation of the resistance to Israeli occupation

8%

Continuation of the peace process

8%

If new presidential elections were to take place today, which of the following candidates would you vote for? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)

August 28-30, 2008

December 11, 2008

Mahmoud Abbas

53.4%

48%

Ismail Haniyeh

38.9%

38%

DK/NA

7.7%

14%

Which party do you support ? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, December 11, 2008)

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Hamas

25%

32%

Fateh

39%

46%

If new parliamentary elections were to take place today with the approval of all factions, for which party's list would you cast your vote? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, December 11, 2008)

Hamas

28%

Fateh

42%

Other

10%

Undecided

20%

If new presidential elections were held today, for which candidate would you vote? (Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, November, 2008)

Mahmoud Abbas

23.8%

Ismail Haniyeh

19.7%

Mustafa Barghouthi

8.8%

Salam Fayyad

4.4%

Mohamad Dahlan

3.8%

I will not vote

32.8%

No answer

6.7%

Which Palestinian faction do you trust the most?(Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, November, 2008)

Fatah

31.3%

Hamas

16.6%

Islamic Jihad

2.4%

PFLP

2.3%

National Initiative

1.3%

Other Islamic Factions

3.9%

Others

1.8%

Don't trust anyone

35.8%

No answer

4.6%

Which of the following political affiliations do you support?: (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah
National University, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survery Research, Jerusalem Media and Communications Center)

May 17-19, 2007

August 28-30, 2008

September 18-20, 2008

November 2008

People's Party

1.2%

0.5%

0.7%

0.6%

Democratic Front

1.9%

0.7%

1.0%

0.5%

Islamic Jihad

2.4%

1.6%

2.1%

2.5%

Fateh

34.3%

30.8%

36.0%

36.8%

Hamas

18.7%

20.4%

14.4%

19.5%

FIDA

0.3%

0.0%

0.1%

0.2%

Popular Front

4.4%

4.6%

3.5%

3.7%

Palestinian National Initiative

0.5%

0.8%

0.7%

3.1%

I am an independent nationalist

6.5%

2.9%

6.7%

--

I am an independent Islamist

3.5%

2.9%

2.9%

--

None of the above

25.3%

33.9%

30.8%

--

Others

0.7%

1.0%

1.1%

--

Won't vote

--

--

--

26.8%

No answer

--

--

--

6.3%

Are you worried about your life under the present circumstances?(Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Yes

52.7%

No

46.1%

No opinion/ I don't know

1.2%

Are you pessimistic or optimistic towards the general Palestinian situation at this stage?(Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Optimistic

35.8%

Pessimistic

61.2%

No opinion/ I don't know

3.0%

If new PLC elections are conducted, whom do you vote for? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

An independent ticket

6.1%

A ticket from the left

3.1%

A ticket from Hamas

13.8%

A ticket from Fateh

29.6%

A national independent ticket

6.0%

An Islamic independent ticket

4.6%

I will not participate in the elections

21.9%

I have not decided yet

14.9%

If presidential elections are held in the present time, to whom from among the following do you give your vote? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

An independent candidate

7.3%

A candidate from the left

2.8%

A candidate from Hamas

13.4%

A candidate from Fateh

29.6%

A national independent candidate

6.0%

An Islamic independent candidate

3.7%

I will not participate in the elections

23.1%

I have not decided yet

14.1%

If new legislative elections were to be held today, which of the following would win? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

A bloc from leftist organizations

2.0%

Hamas bloc

17.2%

Fateh bloc

42.9%

Independent Nationalists bloc

7.9%

Independent Islamists bloc

5.5%

No opinion/Don't know

24.5%

Who in your opinion from among Palestinians is responsible for the on-going internal Palestinian division? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Fateh movement

14.6%

Hamas movement

22.6%

Some persons from both movements

52.0%

Other

4.2%

No opinion/I do not know

6.6%

There are several Arab attempts made towards achieving a reconciliation between Fateh and Hamas. Do you think that these attempts will succeed?(Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Yes

36.5%

No

50.8%

No opinion/ I don't know

12.7%

Do you think that the Palestinian public are ready to bring a national reconciliation to a success?(Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Yes

58.2%

No

35.4%

No opinion/ I don't know

6.8%

How do you assess the performance of the Palestinian Presidency at this time? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Good

61.2%

Bad

31.8%

No opinion/ I don't know

7.1%

Do you support or reject conducting new Presidential elections by the end of the current president's term? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Strongly support

14%

Support

6.19%

Reject

26.8%

Strongly reject

50.7%

No opinion/I do not know

2.5%

Do you support or reject dissolving the Palestinian Authority? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Strongly support

13.4%

Support

28.3%

Reject

37.6%

Strongly reject

16.5%

No opinion/I do not know

4.2%

Do you support or reject dissolving the PLC? (Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University, September 18-20, 2008)

Strongly support

23.2%

Support

37.9%

Reject

23.4%

Strongly reject

6.2%

No opinion/I do not know

6.3%

Would you say that your security and safety, and that of your family, is assured or not assured? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, August 28-30, 2008)

Completely assured

6.6%

Assured

40.2%

Not assured

41.1%

Not assured at all

11.9%

DK/NA

0.2%

If new presidential elections were to take place today, which of the following candidates would you vote for? (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, August 28-30, 2008)